MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow suggested that her bosses at the network might be racist for firing Black anchors, including Joy Reid.
Reid, 56, appeared in her final episode of “The ReidOut” on MSNBC on Monday night. She went IN on Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which she suggested is a made up federal agency.
Reid signed off on her final show Monday night by thanking her viewers for their support.
Joy Reid signs off at the end of her final MSNBC broadcast following the cancellation of her show.
Racist has left the building… pic.twitter.com/NFlrBU7Dd9
— I Meme Therefore I Am ?? (@ImMeme0) February 25, 2025
Maddow is among thousands of Reid’s supporters who are saddened to see her leave.
“There is no colleague for whom I have had more affection and more respect than Joy Reid,” Maddow said on “The Rachel Maddow Show” after Reid’s final episode aired on Monday night. “I love everything about her, I have learned so much from her. I have so much more to learn from her,” Maddow continued.
“I do not want to lose [Reid] as a colleague here at MSNBC, and personally I think it is a bad mistake to let her walk out the door,” Maddow added.
Maddow, 51, then hinted that it was racist for her bosses to fire “non-white hosts” at the network.
“I will tell you it is also unnerving to see that on a network where we’ve got two – count ’em – two non-white hosts in primetime, both of our non-white hosts in primetime are losing their shows,” Maddow said.
She continued: “That feels indefensible, and I do not defend it.”
NO JOY: MSNBC's Rachel Maddow in the wake of Joy Reid's show being cancelled: "I think it is a bad mistake…"
She then accuses MSNBC bosses of being racist:
It’s "unnerving" to see the network's decision to cancel shows hosted by nonwhite anchors: "That feels indefensible." pic.twitter.com/qBXhsYwmkX
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) February 25, 2025
In addition to Reid, left-wing anchors Jonathan Capehart, who is Black, and Katie Phang, who is Asian, lost their programs on MSNBC on Monday.
Egyptian-born Ayman Mohyeldin’s show was also canceled, but he will remain at MSNBC. Mohyeldin was previously the anchor of Ayman Mohyeldin Reports, and he currently hosts Ayman on weekend evenings on MSNBC.
